Lexis® Practical Guidance: Civil Procedure

Critical, up-to-date Civil Procedure practical aids and guidance.

Why Lexis® Practical
Guidance: Civil Procedure?

Get direct online access to critical, up-to-date Civil Procedure information and guidance that you can rely on. With Practical Guidance Civil Procedure you can easily acquire a practical understanding of civil procedure, the related court rules and other key legislation, without losing the intricate details of the law.

With a strong emphasis on practical aids,Practical Guidance Civil Procedure will assist you with executing tasks and actioning items. It provides step-by-step guidance to practice and procedure in the Magistrate Court and High Court and is supported by practice directives from the various provinces, as well as references
to the Magistrate Court Rules and the High Court Rules.

Users have convenient online access to current Legislation and Case Law, as well as Guidance Notes, Practice Directives, Checklists, Forms and Precedents that are authored and updated by expert practitioners.

With Lexis® Practical
Guidance Civil Procedure you get:

Convenient online access to:

More than 30 Topic Overviews and 120 Guidance Notes

Over 200 forms, precedents and checklists – ensuring not a single step is missed

Legislation & Case Law – access to relevant cases at the click of a button

Practice Directives – practical advice on how to interpret the rules of court

Other useful resources such as flowcharts, external websites and additional readings

Guidance on each step taken in civil procedure:

Establishing jurisdiction

Initiating an action

Trial preparation

Conducting trials

Trial outcome

Applications

Execution of judgments

Appeal and review processes

Comprehensively coverage of all sources of South African Civil Procedure law:

Guidance Notes

Direct access to relevant case law, legislation and commentary works, and practical know-how on specific areas within Civil Procedure. A few key guidance notes are outlined below, the full list can be viewed in the table of contents.

Matrimonial Matters Pending a Divorce Action

Deals with High Court Rule 43, wherein a spouse can obtain interim relief while the divorce process is pending. It provides customers with precedents of Notice in Terms of Rule 43, Notice of Bar, and Rule 43 Application.

Evictions

Clear guidance on how to evict unlawful occupiers from premises in terms of the PIE Act 19 of 1998. Including detailed content on the application process, drafting tips on what needs to be included in the affidavit attached to the notice of motion, precedents of the notice of motion in both long and
short forms, and applicable case law, High Court and Magistrate Court rules and practice directives.

Summary Judgment in Terms of the Rules

Details the steps needed to be taken when applying for summary judgment in both the High Court and Magistrate Court. It also discusses the relevant practice directives and case law and provides precedents of the application and supporting affidavit

Practical Aids

Precedents, checklists, flowcharts and forms to offer advice confidently and execute tasks accurately. A few key resources are listed below, the full list can be viewed in the table of contents.

Rule 43 application

Application for an appointment as a curator ad litem

Application for business rescue

Application for condonation

Application for joinder

Application for rehabilitation

Application for substituted service and edictal citation

Consent to judgment and verifying affidavit

Discovery notices

Precedent of a counterclaim

Provisional sentence application

Rule nisi application

Settlement agreement in High Court and Magistrates Court

Summary judgement application

Authors

Brenda Neukircher

Ross Garland

BLC LLB (University of South Africa), Senior Council of the Pretoria Bar

Specialist in procurement issues in administrative law, matrimonial law and commercial law. Member of Pretoria Bar since 1990, Senior Counsel since 2006 and acting Judge in North Gauteng High Court since 2002.

BLC LLB (University of South Africa), Senior Council of the Pretoria Bar

Specialist in procurement issues in administrative law, matrimonial law and commercial law. Member of Pretoria Bar since 1990, Senior Counsel since 2006 and acting Judge in North Gauteng High Court since 2002.

Liezl Haupt

Sonika Mentz

B Comm (Law) LLB Degree (University of Johannesburg, previously RAU), PhD (Private Law) (University of the North West previously Potchefstroom University for CHE)

Previous research fellow at the Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Germany and member of the Pretoria Bar since 1999. Specialist in children's rights and family law, presently involved in pupil training at the Pretoria Bar.

Member of the Pretoria Bar since 2007 and involved in its advocacy training programme. Previously a contracts negotiator in London. Now has a general civil commercial practice, specialising in commercial matters.